Entangled {With Slaves Of Persia} (Book 2)

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Meera's P.O.V......

Back in my cabin, I could not stop crying for some more time, leaving the file on the table I sobbed. why is everyone so rude to me, except Sandy Didi....

Somehow I cleared my face and my mood too. I had no idea about the balance sheet and was just looking at it, why don't i ask Kinjal for help, may be she will tell me how to do this work....

'Hello Kinjal, I need a little help from you regarding this balance sheet!' I asked her reaching her cabin. As I walked out of my cabin I noticed Rahul sir was not present in there. Seeing his cabin empty I had some relief.

'You did a right thing by coming to me Meera. Come with me let me introduce you to Mister Purab Negi...my husband!' she introduced me to her husband who too was an employee there.

I was surprised learning that she and her husband work in the same office. It was something I never saw back in my village, there the life was very different. it was very conservative where a young female was not allowed go out to work.....

'Wow Kinjal!!' I said seeing them both, they both very happy and made for each other.

'We are planning to celebrate our first anniversary by giving party to some of our close friends, and our anniversary is in just two months. I am pretty excited to celebrate our three hundred and sixty five days of togetherness as a married couple!' said Kinjal very happily holding her husband's arm.

'Come on Kinjal this is not our home! It's office, please try and behave!' Purab warned her and pushed away her arm. I too was feeling uncomfortable looking at Kinjal's actions. I never saw any couple so close which was making me feel a bit embarrassed. It was just in movies and television shows only I saw couple holding hands like this, this was my live experience.

'Hello Miss Trivedi, good to meet you in person today!' said Purab extending his arm towards me to give me a hand shake. Now again I never gave a hand shake to any male so I joined my palm together saying 'Namaste (greetings)' to which he too gestured the same.

Purab introduced me to his assistant Raj, a young man who stood as tall as me with broad features.



'Raj, this is Miss Trivedi, Rahul sir's P.A. I want you to help her with the balance sheet and all, she's not the one responsible for this work. So whenever she needs help of these kinds I want you to come forward!' said Purab very seriously. I felt like Purab was very sincere with his work.

'Yes sir, I'll do whatever is needed' said Raj 'Come Miss Trivedi, let's go to your cabin, I'll be needing some more papers regarding this venture'

I silently followed him to my cabin and he searched for another file and by afternoon he finished the corrections and I breathed a sigh of relief.

'All done Miss Trivedi!' said Raj placing his hands behind his head leaning back on the chair, he sounded very relieved. 'You know Rahul sir is a bit crazy type!'

all of them in this office think Rahul sir is crazy but i don't think so....

I did not reply to his words even though I did not like what he said.

'I know you're scared to talk about him, it's quite natural...' Raj continued to talk about Rahul sir, commenting about Rahul sir as being some hypothetical negative character and he was just like a hero trying to rescue me from him. I kept listening to him with on and off giving him a fake smile. An hour later, he was called back by Purab to finish some other work and Raj before leaving my cabin warned me 'Don't leave the office till you show your work to Rahul sir... you know as I told you he's a bit crazy!'

The last sentence of Raj made a strong impact on me. I truly did not know if I should go home when I checked the wall clock that showed five thirty. I kept waiting for Rahul sir to come back so that I could show him that I finished my work. I was pretty tired with no sleep the previous night, I just did not know when I fell asleep on the table.

'Raahil please don't leave me...Raahil,...I love you a lot...'

I opened my eyes with a heavy heart, the dream just took over me. It was a couple of minutes later I realized that I was still in the office. I noticed Rahul sir was seated in his room oh god!! did he see me sleeping, now what will he say? will I have to pay a fine for this too....

With too many questions popping up in my mind about my boss I walked up to his table and placed the file on his table, when he called me. I was surprised when he did not yell at me, instead he offered me to drop at the hostel. I was feeling very uncomfortable sitting in his car. I wanted to say 'no thanks!' but then I recollected Vikram sir's suggestion not to say NO to him. So quietly sat in his car. He was listening to a song repeatedly over and over again.

I slowly began enjoying the song. Wanted to find out what song it was, not a good idea...but never heard such a beautiful song. I never even traveled in a car, his car was so big and it was like I was gliding on the black tar. Within no time he dropped me at the Hostel gate and disappeared in the traffic.

Walking on the path leading to the main entrance of the hostel building, I was trying to recollect the beautiful song I heard like over seven times. I was in a magical world wanting to jump up high to the tune but then again realized I was not meant to do all these. I was back again on the Earth and opening the door I saw Ruby looking at me very seriously.

'I thought you won't come tonight, it's already nine forty five. Why didn't you stay back with that boyfriend of yours. I would have locked the doors and would be by now spending my time happily with my lover, if you had just made a call and informed me' said Ruby making me realize how rude the real world is. Nobody would talk to me properly ever in my life. I am destined to take these rotten words of others, my life is cursed. My heart was heavy again with those words of Ruby proving all the theories to be right and I silently walked away to my room.

Sandy Didi was already in the room busy with her phone as-usual.

'What's wrong with Ruby? Why does she always talk so rudely to me?' I cried throwing my bag on my bed.

'What did she say?' Sandy Didi asked me, to which I narrated why I was late and what Ruby said.

'That's all normal Meera. The more attention you give to those, the more chance you will be giving them to be rude with you. You are the one responsible for others being rude or not well behaving with you!! Just learn to ignore those people!!' Sandy Didi said which I felt was true but I find it very difficult to ignore people around me i need to learn it some day or the other or else i would keep getting hurt....

We both later on went to the canteen to have our dinner. My stomach was growling with hunger from so many hours. I did not eat anything the whole day. I felt very happy eating food for the first time ever....I've earned my food.

Lying on the bed, the song was still playing in my head making me so happy and I embraced sleep with it.

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